Eat crow

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English

Verb

eat crow

1. ((idiomatic{{#if:|, {{{2}}}{{#if:|, {{{3}}}{{#if:|, {{{4}}}{{#if:|, {{{5}}}{{#if:|, {{{6}}}{{#if:|, {{{7}}}{{#if:|, {{{8}}}{{#if:|, {{{9}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}})) (United States English) to accept a humiliating defeat.

   quotations

   • "Show me otherwise, I'll eat crow." — [1]
   • "After losing his business, he moved out of town because he didn't want to eat crow."

See also

• One possible origin of the phrase

fr: eat crow